Anne Peace GREENWOOD / JONES
Born 10 December 1919 in Northam, Western Australia [P141]
Daughter of George Netherwood GREENWOOD and "Dolly" Mary Florence Sarah BEARD [P141]
Resided with her parents on Brooklands Farm in Southern Brook near Northam 1919-1922 [P141]
Along with her parents and siblings shifted from Southern Brook to prospective farmland in Waddy Forest in 1922 [P141]
Resided with her parents on Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest 1922 onwards[P141]
Student at the Waddy Forest State School and then as a boarder at the Dominican Ladies Convent in Dongara [P280]
Won a 1st prize for Needlework in the Educational section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Winner of the Sturt Desert Pea growing competition conducted at the Waddy Forest and Waddy Well Schools in 1934 [5: 25-May-1934]
She and Joan MCDONALD, also of Waddy Forest, left for the Convent in Dongara on Monday 11 February 1935 [5: 15-Feb-1935]
By mid December 1935 she had returned home to Waddy Forest to spend the Christmas school holidays with her parents [5: 20-Dec-1935]
After leaving school she continued residing with her parents and helped on the farm before working at a few jobs locally [P141]
Attended the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Malcolm L. and Irene S. PATTON in Waddy Forest on 1 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Parkin Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 10 September 1936 dressed in jade crepe de chine [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 12 May 1937 in "non crush crepe with pink flowers" [5: 14-May-1937]
The ball and its festivities celebrated the coronation of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth [5]
Attended the Silver Wedding Anniversary of Guy & Maude GREENWOOD at Manell Farm in Waddy on 1 June 1937 [5: 4-Jun-1937]
Attended the Surprise Linen Tea Afternoon for her sister Mary at Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest on 22 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Bridesmaid at the wedding of her sister Mary to Albert E. MILES at Saint Andrew's Church in Carnamah on 18 August 1937 [5]
Wore a frock of hyacinth blue taffeta designed on Elizabethan lines with blue picture hats trimmed with rose buds [5]
After the ceremony she was among those who attended the Wedding Breakfast at the Coorow Hotel [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Married "Bert" Bertram Clarence JONES in Perth on 18 July 1942 [P141]
During the war, when her husband was serving with the R.A.A.F., she lived in Perth with his sister Ruby LITTLE [P141]
Later on during the Second World War she travelled to New South Wales to where her husband was stationed [P141]
After the war resided with her husband and children on farmland in Latham [P141]
Later resided in Perth - at Scarborough Beach Road in Mount Hawthorn and later on Habgood Street in East Fremantle [P141]
While living in East Fremantle she and her husband separated and she moved to the Perth suburb of Palmyra [P141]
Later resided in Kennon Court in the Perth suburb of Spearwood [P141]
Mother of Kaye, Janice, Wilma, Phyllis, Cheryl, Arthur and Raymond [P186]
Died 16 February 2003; ashes interred at Fremantle Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Palmyra (Lakes, Ground Niche, WG, 94) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Anne Peace Greenwood / Jones' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 15 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/anne-peace-greenwood [reference list] |
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